AS3501 Aerospace Propulsion – II Syllabus:
AS3501 Aerospace Propulsion – II Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVES:
• To learn the principles of operation and design of spacecraft power plants.
• To explain the basics of hypersonic propulsion.
• To compare the solid and liquid rocket propulsion.
• To show the advantages and applications of electrical rocket propulsion.
• To learn the concepts of hybrid rocket propulsion
UNIT I BASICS OF HYPERSONIC PROPULSION
Introduction – Thermodynamic Closed Cycle Analysis – First Law Analysis – Stream Thrust Analysis – Compression Components – Burner Entry Pressure – Fuel-Air Mixing – Combined Mixing and Chemical Kinetics – Supersonic combustion and Scramjet Propulsion.
UNIT II SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION
Propulsion Elements for Solid Rocket Motors – Solid Propellant Grain Design – Prediction and Measurement of Specific Impulse – Solid Propellant Combustion and Internal Ballistics of Motors – Plume, Signal Interference and Plume Signature – Structural Analysis of Propellant Grains – Safety Characteristics of Solid Propellants and Hazards of Solid Rocket Motors.
UNIT III LIQUID ROCKET PROPULSION
Types of Propellants – Propellant Tanks – Propellant Feed Systems – Gas Pressure Feed Systems – Tank Pressurization – Turbo pump Feed Systems and Engine Cycles – Rocket Engines for Manoeuvring, Orbit Adjustments, Attitude Control – Engine Families – Valves and Pipelines – Engine Support Structure.
UNIT IV HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION
Conventional bi-propellant systems – high regression rate fuels – O/F shift – Scale-up tests – Regression rate analysis – Review of Solid-Fuel Regression Rate Behaviour in Classical and Nonclassical Hybrid Rocket Motors – Mechanisms and Measurement Techniques of Solid-Fuel Pyrolysis Phenomena and Regression Rate – Analytical Models – Vortex Injection – High-Speed Flow Effects – Combustion Instability and Transient Behaviour – Similarity and Scaling Effects.
UNIT V ELECTRICAL ROCKET PROPULSION
Introduction – Electrostatic Propellant Acceleration – Bombardment Ionization – Plane Diode – Electrostatic Thruster Performance – Arcjet – Pulsed-Magnetoplasma Accelerators – Laser Propulsion-Different Types, Advantages and Applications.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
• Explain hypersonic propulsion systems and their application to aerospace vehicles.
• Describe the traditional propulsion concepts, including liquid, solid, hybrid, ion, and thermal rockets.
• Apply the applications and principles of solid, liquid, and hybrid rocket propulsion systems.
• Explain the performances of various rocket propulsion systems.
• Apply the concepts of electrical propulsion in rocket.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. John T. Bertin, “Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics”, AIAA Inc., Washington DC, 1994.
2. Sutton, G.P., “Rocket Propulsion Elements”, Wiley, New York, 9th Ed., 2017.
REFERENCES:
1. Heiser, W. H. and Pratt, D. T., “Hypersonic Air Breathing Propulsion”, AIAA, 1994.
2. Hill P. G., and Peterson C. R., “Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion”, Pearson Education, 2nd Ed., 2009.
3. Oates G. C., “Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components”, AIAA Education Series, 1985.